Another year, another absolute mountain of riffs. 2025 has been a belter for heavy music, hasn't it? We've had legends returning to form, new bands scaring the living daylights out of us, and enough emotional devastation to last a lifetime. Adam has been front and centre for it all—mostly at the barrier at Damnation by … Continue reading Adam’s Top 10 Albums of 2025
Tag: Paradise Lost
Gig Review: Paradise Lost / Messa / High Parasite – The Garage, Glasgow (19th October 2025)
Our opening band, High Parasite, gave off huge Keith Allen/Limp Bizkit vibes. The lead singer wore a uniquely white suit, a stark contrast to the black worn by the rest of the band. I wasn't sure if this was a metaphor for a high priest-like frontman, with the "parasite" being the odd one out. The … Continue reading Gig Review: Paradise Lost / Messa / High Parasite – The Garage, Glasgow (19th October 2025)
Album Review: Paradise Lost – Ascension
Emerging from the windswept moors of Halifax in 1988, Paradise Lost have long stood as mournful custodians of gothic metal’s shadowy cathedral. Their name is a whisper in the corridors of doom, a band whose musical journey traces the arc of gothic sorrow, existential dread, and the dark romance of twilight worlds. Fronted by the … Continue reading Album Review: Paradise Lost – Ascension
Paradise Lost delivers goth metal masterpiece “Tyrants Serenade”
Legends of doom Paradise Lost have debuted their riveting third single, "Tyrants Serenade", a four-minute-plus goth metal opus of epic proportions and a bleak new staple in the band’s celebrated catalogue. The standout track is taken from their eagerly awaited album Ascension, out 19th September via Nuclear Blast Records. Giving context to the song, vocalist … Continue reading Paradise Lost delivers goth metal masterpiece “Tyrants Serenade”
Paradise Lost release video for “Serpent on the Cross” – new album in September
Icons of goth and doom, Paradise Lost have revealed the second single, "Serpent on the Cross", from their long-awaited, 17th album Ascension that’s out September 19th from Nuclear Blast Records. Commenting on the song, vocalist Nick Holmes says: The cross represents stability, prosperity, hope and happiness. The serpent represents trepidation, anguish and overbearing sadness, lurking … Continue reading Paradise Lost release video for “Serpent on the Cross” – new album in September
Gig Review: Uprising 2023 – O2 Academy, Leicester (29th April 2023)
It is always a special occasion, going to metal festivals, but going to Uprising for the first time is a real highlight of the festival year for me! I started the day as I always do - waiting for Shells, who characteristically runs late. I’ve not been to the O2 Academy in Leicester before and … Continue reading Gig Review: Uprising 2023 – O2 Academy, Leicester (29th April 2023)